Month: January 2025

The UK’s Favourite Charity Shop 2024 announced
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Stuart Mitchell

The Charity Retail Association are delighted to announce that The Air Ambulance Service Shop in Melton Mowbray has been crowned the winner of the UK’s Favourite Charity Shop Award! The East Midlands charity shop claimed the winning title at the 25th Anniversary Gala Dinner, held in London on 19 November. The shop was one of 12 area winners in the running to receive the title. Two runners up were also announced on the night, with St Peter’s Hospice, Bristol, and Shooting Star Children’s Hospices, Godalming taking home the titles. The…

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MNDF announces milestone £18 million of funding for MND research as Doddie Aid 2025 launches on second anniversary of Doddie’s death

Stuart Mitchell

My Name’5 Doddie Foundation has now committed more than £18 million to vital motor neuron disease (MND) research – two years on from Doddie’s death from the disease. The Foundation, which Doddie set up in 2017 following his MND diagnosis at just 46 years-old, has now backed more than 40 pioneering research projects looking at all stages of the disease. Our cutting-edge Catalysing a Cure Research strategy, led by our Director of Research Jessica Lee, launched in early 2023, directing millions of pounds to research projects that will make the…

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Fairtrade sales outperformed the market during its annual flagship campaign

Stuart Mitchell

The Fairtrade Foundation has reported a strong uplift in retail sales of Fairtrade products driven by its annual flagship campaign Fairtrade Fortnight which ran for the first time in September. According to data from Kantar’s Worldpanel 2024 – which consists of real data scanned in by panelists – Fairtrade sales of confectionery, hot drinks and bananas outperformed that of total volumes versus the 2 weeks prior to the campaign (2 w/e 8th September 2024). Many farmers overseas are under pressure to respond to risks such as poor working conditions, climate…

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Gordon Brown and Amazon mark the impact of The Big House Multibank as pioneering charity initiative surpasses 2.5 million donated goods to over 120,000 unique families in Scotland in last three years

Stuart Mitchell

The Big House Multibank, co-founded by former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Amazon, will mark its three-year anniversary today, celebrating the significant impact the Fife-based charity network has had on the lives thousands of families in need across Scotland. Hosted by founding charity partner, The Cottage Family Centre, the event at Fife College will welcome Gordon Brown and John Boumphrey, UK Country Manager at Amazon, as speakers. The Multibank was born in Fife when Gordon Brown, a patron of The Cottage Family Centre in Kirkcaldy, joined forces with Amazon.…

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